Common use of Specific requirements for carer’s leave Clause in Contracts

Specific requirements for carer’s leave. (a) For plumbing industry employees In the case of carer’s leave, the Employee must, if required by the employer, establish by production of a medical certificate or statutory declaration, the illness, injury or emergency affecting the person concerned, and that the illness, injury or emergency is such as to require care by another. In normal circumstances, an employee is not entitled to take carer’s leave where another person has taken leave to care for the same person. Where practicable, the employee will, prior to any absence, give the employer notice of the intention to take leave setting out: • the name of the person requiring care and their relationship to the employee; • the reason for taking leave; and • the estimated length of absence If it is not practicable for the employee to give prior notice of the absence, the employee will notify the employer by telephone at the first opportunity on the day of the absence. An employee may take unpaid carer’s leave by arrangement with the employer.